Test Review

Question 0

What type of bone forms most of the epiphysis of long bones and consists of trabeculae that surrounds spaces filled with red bone marrow

Answer 0

Spongy

Question 1

Which three bones fuse together to form the hip bones?

Answer 1

Ilium, ischium, pubic

Question 2

What name is given to the formation of bones?

Answer 2

Ossifications

Question 3

Which bone is the only moveable one in the skull?

Answer 3

Mandible

Question 4

The ribs and cranial bone are classified as what type of bone?

Answer 4

Flat

Question 5

What condition results from a sideways bending of the vertebral column?

Answer 5

Scoliosis

Question 6

What are the units of structure in compact bone with little space between them?

Answer 6

Osteon

Question 7

In a typical long bone, what type of cartilage is the articular cartilage composed of?

Answer 7

Hyaline

Question 8

What bones make up the pectoral girdle?

Answer 8

Scapula and clavicle

Question 9

Yellow bone marrow is located in the _______ of the bone and consist mainly of _____

Answer 9

1) diaphysis

2) adipose

Question 10

What bone disorder occurs when bone destruction outpaces bone formation due to the depletion of calcium?

Answer 10

Osteoporosis

Question 11

What name is given to the seven pairs of ribs that attach directly to the sternum by means of costal cartilage?

Answer 11

True ribs

Question 12

What name is given to the center of an osteon that carries blood vessels longitudinally through the body?

Answer 12

Central (Haversian canal)

Question 13

Which bone is the largest, strongest, and heaviest?

Answer 13

Femur

Question 14

What name is given to the shaft of the bone?

Answer 14

Diaphysis

Question 15

The bones of the thighs, forearms, and fingers are classified as what type of bone?

Answer 15

Long bones

Question 16

What are the neck vertebrae called?

Answer 16

Cervical

Question 17

In and osteon, what name is given to the rings of hard, calcified matrix that surrounds the central canal?

Answer 17

Concentric lamellae

Question 18

In an osteon, what name is given to the tiny channels connecting the central canal to lacunae?

Answer 18

Canaliculi

Question 19

Name the hole in the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes?

Answer 19

Foremen magnum

Question 20

Where does bone growth occur in long bones?

Answer 20

Epiphyseal plates

Question 21

The nasal bone, maxilla, and mandible are part of what group of bones?

Answer 21

Facial

Question 22

What method of ossification forms most bone plates?

Answer 22

Endochondrol

Question 23

And the region of a long bone between the epiphysis and the diaphysis

Answer 23

Metaphasis

Question 24

Which bone under the jaw bone does not articulate with any other bone?

Answer 24

Hyoid

Question 25

Name the scroll like bones in the nasal cavity whose job is to filter air before it gets to the lungs?

Answer 25

Conchae

Question 26

Name the “soft spots” in the cranium of a child that are not completely ossified

Answer 26

Fontanelles

Question 27

What name is given to the spaces in compact bone that contain osteocytes?

Answer 27

Lacunae

Question 28

To what group of bones does the temporal bone belong?

Answer 28

Cranial

Question 29

What name is given to the membrane that’s lines the medullary cavity?

Answer 29

Endosteum

Question 30

Name the type of cell that builds bone tissue

Answer 30

Osteoblasts

Question 31

What is the name for the immovable joint in the skull formed where skull bones fused together

Answer 31

Sutures

Question 32

Which cranial bone has a shape that resembles a bat?

Answer 32

Sphenoid

Question 33

Name the part of the bone that contains water, collagen, and minerals like calcium

Answer 33

Matrix

Question 34

Name the cells that develops into osteoblasts

Answer 34

Osteogenic cells

Question 35

To what major division of the skeleton do the pectoral and pelvic girdles belong to?

Answer 35

Appendicular

Question 36

Functions of skeletal system

Answer 36

1) support
2) produces blood cells
3) homeostasis
4) protection
5) fat storage
6) movement